Amazon and Toys R Us have set their sights on some of GameStop's market with their new trade-in programs. But will they succeed? Is there any reason for customers to offload their junk with any of these new services? Cheap Ass Gamer's Shipwreck compared the three services to try to arrive at an answ...

Filed under: Business When you happen to stumble upon a $2 billion sales arena which requires almost no initial investment to enter, it makes sense to jump right into it -- regardless of the tremendous girth of said arena's reigning champion. This appears to be the modus operandi for the giraffe-fro...

Oh, GameStop. We have plenty of reasons to laugh at you. You call us up during dinner to coax us into trading stuff in, and you ask us about strategy guides and pre-orders every time we try to shop in your store. Now, it would seem you also like to employ what we've dubbed the "poor man's Lara Croft...

The Wall Street Journal, well aware of the current state of economic affairs, ran a story today about all of the ways you can get a deal on video games. The story walks people through everything from trade-ins, to bartering, sales hunting and rentals. It's a fast, worthwhile read that introduces rea...

GameStop employees can't get paper checks. True, most of the civilized world is on direct deposit by now. But for GameStoppers who aren't, the only alternative is a cash card that nickel-and-dimes them. Consumerist talked about this in the past week. GameStop, as well as many retailers in the same m...

You can still find 13-month Xbox Live cards for $30, or 3-month subs with the Lost & Damned DLC. Plus, GameStop is opening up store credit like a subprime lender from 2004. • Last week, Best Buy offered the 13 month XBL card for $29.99. It's back to full price there, but Toys R Us is now running i...

The kids got a new computer for Christmas. Before that, Ryan was using a really old laptop that I had sitting around. It wasn’t good for much other than some flash games on the web. So, for Christmas Lori’s sister got them a computer. The first thing that Ryan wanted to do with his recen...

A storewide liquidation always summons one's buzzard instinct. One imagines the goods strewn about like carrion on the desert floor, practically there for the taking. Not so at Circuit City. Circuit City's in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy which means all its assets are being sold off. That includes the in-...

Gamestop is offering a free “bonus” foot pedal if you pre-order Guitar Hero: Metallica, which is set for a U.S. release on March 29th. The reason for the pedal? You get to play double bass on GH: Metallica. You also get a splitter so you can plug both pedals in to the drum kit. I can hon...

Guitar Hero Metallica's not exactly what the marketing department team calls a hard sell. But for those still umming and aahhing about it? GameStop are breaking out the freebies. Anyone preordering the title from the mega chain will receive a free foot pedal. Handy because the game supports two feet...